Q. Recently, a number of suggestions have been made for making a decision about same sex marriage. Do you approve or disapprove of each of the following suggestions?

Total approve

Total dis-approve

Strongly approve

Approve

Dis-approve

Strongly dis-approve

Don’t know

Hold a voluntary postal plebiscite followed by a vote in Parliament.

43%

38%

15%

28%

18%

20%

19%

Hold a vote in Parliament and try to persuade Liberal Party members to cross the floor and vote against their party policy

43%

31%

20%

23%

16%

15%

25%

Hold a plebiscite in conjunction with the next election

46%

34%

17%

29%

18%

16%

20%

Wait until after the next election before trying to reach a decision

22%

55%

6%

16%

24%

31%

23%

Total approve

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Hold a voluntary postal plebiscite followed by a vote in Parliament.

43%

45%

53%

40%

35%

Hold a vote in Parliament and try to persuade Liberal Party members to cross the floor and vote against their party policy

43%

59%

37%

54%

26%

Hold a plebiscite in conjunction with the next election

46%

44%

57%

33%

52%

Wait until after the next election before trying to reach a decision

22%

23%

27%

9%

19%

Three options for addressing the issue of same sex marriage received moderate support. 46% approved holding a plebiscite with the next election, 43% approved holding a vote in Parliament and 43% supported a postal plebiscite (although 38% disapproved of this option).

A majority (55%) disapproved of waiting until after the next election before trying to reach a decision.

A majority of Labor (59%) and Greens (54%) voters approved of holding a vote in Parliament while Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve holding a plebiscite with the next election (57%) and holding a voluntary postal plebiscite (53%).

Waiting until after the next election was disapproved by 61% of Labor voters, 48% of Liberal/National voters and 70% of Greens voters.